Yeah, I shot for a level a little higher than what they wrote. My dd was ready for it so we went further. I'd recommend near the end of K after mastering short vowel to introduce long vowel. Use Bob books K and introduce their 1st grade level. If done in a fun way, it's a really easy transition for them, making the first grade curriculum easier. We reviewed the 100 chart quite a bit in the last half of K. We spent two weeks just filling a blank one in slowly. Basically, I did find going further than their list helped us prepare for 1st grade and that my dd was comfortably ready to go
further than their recommendations.

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a lot of that is covered in the 3 yr old and into the 4yr old curriculum i use at work (at a daycare), and ds is in public pre-k this year, and their assessments go higher than that too. the math seems especially weak

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Well I used the worldbook guide as my guide to build my own curriculum for my oldest for 2nd and 3rd grades, when he took a standardized test in 3rd grade he was in the 99th percentile for both language arts and math. So, it can't be that bad.

Another guide I really like to build my own in the Core Knowledge Sequence.. you can download it for free http://www.coreknowledge.org/download-the-sequence (just under "download sequence" headline there are 2 links, one for preschool and one for k-8) The newer version of the What Your x Grader Needs to Know books follow this sequence and are a good starting point if you go that direction.

Finally got a chance to review that link! I'll definitely be printing it out. It definitely looks helpful!